Florida woman and son drift miles away from shore on inflatable swan: 'This could have ended so much worse’

A Florida mother said she had never been "more scared in [her] entire life" after she and her 7-year-old son floated several miles offshore while on a huge inflatable swan.

The incident occurred in the Gulf of Mexico off Anna Maria Island. Tara Myers, of Bradenton, told WFLA-News said she thought the conditions were perfect to launch the float -- the water seemed calm and there was no wind -- but that changed shortly after she and her son, Brennan, boarded the raft.